Mavericks surf break

Mavericks surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 PDT
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Mavericks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mavericks sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mavericks today?

The current surf forecast for Mavericks at 9AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Mavericks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)11899899101010101010101099991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20215737265133969810441395963892731561855733756475666464464527637599374163
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
0
WNW
5
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
1.78
1:28PM
1.37
12:59AM
1.81
2:33PM
1.25
1:41AM
1.80
3:52PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
-0.07
6:49PM
0.53
7:50AM
-0.13
7:32PM
0.69
8:48AM
-0.14
8:23PM
0.85
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--7:11-------7:11-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141212151313111010101115141110101010101212121010
Feels °C (?)131111127755699121176667799867
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